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Designing and Building Your Course Step-by-Step
Step 9: Golf Course Maintenance

Two simple thoughts about finished golf courses:

(1) The green side goes up.

(2) Your golf course is a living, breathing thing. Creating a quality golf course does not end the day the construction crew leaves. Instead, it is a lifelong process to which the greatest attention needs to be given.

MowerProtecting Your Investment

”I owe a great debt to golf course superintendents. We (architects) can only provide great facilities with these well-trained professionals to maintain them.” -- Robert Trent Jones, Sr.

The creation of a golf course can turn even an otherwise insignificant tract of land into a highly valuable property. The golf course architect’s artistic skill and the builder’s expertise can transform a desert, idle farmland – even an old landfill, into an attractive asset that beckons golfers.

But a golf course is an exceptional kind of asset – one that requires special management. So while an architect and builder lay the groundwork for a truly spectacular golf course, without skilled management, a course will never achieve its full potential. Worse, without competent management, a course will surely and progressively deteriorate.

Add a GCSAA Superintendent to Your Team

Early hiring of a golf course superintendent to your professional team can help make your vision of a truly spectacular golf course a reality sooner and could possibly save you money.

From the planning stage to day-to-day operations and long-term management, a Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) member superintendent will help you protect your most valuable asset – the golf course. Especially during the planning and construction phases, GCSAA members can provide significant information and ideas to the architect and builder that can prevent costly maintenance problems, which could occur when the course is open for play.

GCSAA offers a number of resources to assist with the search for a professional golf course superintendent.

 

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